2021 and a clash with Ana Konjuh during the Miami tournament – it was until Wednesday the last defeat of Iga Świątek with a player classified outside the top hundred WTA ranking. Once again, such a slip -up of a Polish tennis player has just happened in Florida, and Alexandra Eala turned out to be better than her in the quarter -finals of this year's “Tysiącznik”.
Yes, Świątek explains with a sensational failure. “I didn't expect”
A 19-year-old tennis player from the Philippines on the way to the quarter-finals defeated, among others Jelena Ostapenko i Madison Keysbut no one expected that he would be able to repeat this feat also in the clash with the Iga of Świątek, especially since the Hard Rock Stadium Central Court came out with a bandaged her thighs and at times lame. Eala was sentenced to devour, but the poor disposition of the ranking was added to her animus. Shelf She played very poorly, made a lot of mistakes and often left the space to play the rivals from Forehand. This allowed 140. The world rocket to win 6: 2, 7: 5.
At the press conference Iga Świątek said that she was surprised by the play of the rival. – Some of her impacts were completely unexpected. I didn't expect it to hit so flat. She went to the whole and hit these returnes, so it wasn't easy to answer. She was quite relaxed and just went all out. She felt a good rhythm and it helped her … “Analyzed the Polish woman. “Today I had the impression that my Forhend had disappointed a bit,” she said in the context of her game. It is hard to disagree, because Świątek made as many as 32 unforced mistakes, the rival only 12.
Alexandra Eala in the semi -final Wt 1000 in Miami will face the better with match Jessica Pegula – Emma Raducan, while Iga Świątek is now waiting for a short break in the starts. Now before Polish, the period of playing at her beloved earth courts.